WorksheetsMythology Bee
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
He stole fire from Zeus, and taught its secrets to Phoroneus.
Aeneas
Epimetheus
Prometheus
Chiron
She was the twin sister of Zeus and was beguiled into becoming his wife when Zeus transformed himself into her favorite bird, the cuckoo.
Hera
Demeter
Alcmene
Artemis
He was thrown off Mt. Olympus twice, once by his disappointed mother, Hera, and once by his incensed father, Zeus; in this way he became crippled and hunchbacked.
Ares
Apollo
Hebe
Hephaestus
She was the mother of the goddess of spring, who was also the Queen of the Underworld; her name in Greek means "Barley Mother."
Artemis
Hera
Athena
Demeter
His primary weapon was the trident; as lord of the sea, the half-horse, half-fish hippocampi pulled his sea chariot, and his son Triton announced his arrival by blowing on a conch shell.
Zeus
Poseidon
Hades
Pirithous
This goddess of love and beauty's symbols are the rose and the hand mirror. She is usually considered to be either the daughter of Zeus or the daughter of Uranus, the grandfather of Zeus, thus making her Zeus's aunt.
Hestia
Aphrodite
Artemis
Urania
This god's symbols are the shield and spear; the moons of the planet that bear his Roman namesake are Phobos and Deimos.
Perseus
Theseus
Ares
Poseidon
He was the brother to both Poseidon and Zeus, husband to Persephone, and drew the short straw in the competition between himself and his two ultimately more powerful brothers.
Hades
Hecate
Hyperion
Hephaestus
She was the merciless and cold goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity; her twin brother was Apollo.
Arethusa
Artemis
Glauce
Athena
This mythological winged horse was born from the severed head of Medusa.
Arion
Chiron
Bucephalus
Pegasus
These creatures, fauns to Romans, were envisioned as being half-man and half-goat; they loved to chase nymphs through the woods.
centaurs
satyrs
hippogriffs
naiads
This was the favorite food of the gods
nectar
twinkied poptarts
ambrosia
ichor
Which of the Olympians chose never to set foot on Mt. Olympus?
Aphrodite
Athena
Poseidon
Hades
One day a fierce boar killed Adonis, the handsomest mortal to have ever lived, and who was much loved by Aphrodite. Who was this boar really, having transformed himself because he was insanely jealous?
Zeus
Hephaestus
Ares
Hermes
Chiron was this type of mythological beast.
satyr
centaur
Gorgon
librarian
Who ferried the dead across a river in the Underworld if they gave him the proper payment, a coin or obol, which the Greeks placed under a dead person's tongue when given a proper burial?
Acheron
Achelous
Charon
Cerberus
One day Zeus had a splitting headache, so he called upon Hephaestus to literally split open his head since it hurt so bad. Who, to his surprise, sprung fully armored from his head?
Artemis
Athena
Dionysus
Iris
This son of Zeus and Maia was not only the patron of travelers, but also the god of thieves and merchants; he carried a magical wand called the caduceus, today often mistakenly used as a medical symbol.
Pan
Silenus
Hermes
Tisphone
This sorceress changed the men of Odysseus into pigs, although later she recanted and turned them back into men when Odysseus tricked her.
Sycorax
Medea
Selene
Circe
Which of the following was Apollo not the god of?
civilization
law
prophecy
weather
What was the primary weapon of Zeus, which use used during the war between the gods and the Titans?
trident
conch shell
lightning
magical spear
This Olympian god made weapons and armor for the gods and heroes.
Apollo
Hephaestus
Kronos
Ares
Which gorgeous goddess was born from the foam of the sea, and is the subject of a beautiful painting by Botticelli is which she is seen standing on an upturned scallop shell riding the ocean waves?
Amphitrite
Aphrodite
Athena
Nike
His Roman name was Bacchus; every year, when he threw a big party during the time of the harvest of the grapes, he was torn limb from limb by the Maenads, his loyal followers
Diocletian
Dionysus
Hermes
Eros
This son of Aphrodite had magical arrows which made anyone he shot fall in love with the next person he or she saw.
Erato
Eurus
Eros
Endymion
This god of the satyrs loved to play the pipes; he was the only god rumored to have died, despite the fact that he was immortal-- it is unknown how he actually perished.
Penelope
Prometheus
Polydectes
Pan
This Greek goddess of victory's Roman name was Vitula. The gods wisely did not contest with her, as she could not be defeated.
Nike
Eurus
Namaste
Nemesis
According to one version of this Gorgon's myth, she was once a very beautiful maiden whom Athena cursed for violating her temple. Athena gave her a particularly bad hairdo.
Medusa
Medea
Mnemosyne
Medeus
She was used as a messenger for the gods when Hermes was busy; it was said that she was on her way to deliver a message when a rainbow appeared in the sky, which she slid down.
Hyacinthus
Iris
Narcissa
Anemone
What does the name Cyclops mean in Greek?
ring-eyed
big giant
stupid buffoon
elephant-eared
